The Brain Reflection In Frankenstein And Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

When the term Frankenstein is said, what comes to mind is the bulky, square headed, green character seen around Halloween. Until watching the array of films and reading the original novel by Mary Shelly, this is all Frankenstein was to me. Reading the origin of this staple character and seeing the film adaptions shows that there is much more to Frankenstein than being a creature for a Holiday. The story of Frankensteins opens many cans of worms in regards to spiritual believes and who the true monster is in this story. Although the name Frankenstein is often used in referring to the monster created, after seeing the films it is made clear that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor who create the monster, who remains nameless. Throughout

The story of Frankenstein demonstrates both pros and cons for each side of the argument. When the creature is first brought to life, although unaware of sociably acceptable behavior he catches on quickly. While hiding out in a families pig pen he over hears the families struggle with lack of food from the crops and uses his strength to harvest an entire field for them, simply out of the kindness of his heart. After being shown kindness from the blind man the monster desires common affection, leading him to demand a companion be made for him. These are all demonstration of having the ability to feel and want for emotion, things associated with the soul because our soul is what allows us to feel heartbreak and

Of all the film adaption, this one gives true understanding and character depth of the original novel. compared to the early adaption which are placed in the horror genre, the 1994 version brings to life the main themes of the novel that don’t seem to be meant as a horror at all. Mary Shelley may have wrote the novel as fictional piece based of imagination, or should could have more meaningful themes and idea’s disguised by fictions, we’ll never know, but the later film version leans more towards the idea of a deeper meaning than simple another monster